A thoughtful response to current anime.
2011 has ended, as years often do. Soon the new year’s anime will be starting; I haven’t taken a close look at them, but I’ve heard there isn’t much to be excited about. So rather than worry about the upcoming year right now, let’s take a moment to stop and reflect on the year that [...]
Good things about the show: The hammerblow punchlines. In the best traditions of science fiction short stories, Level E generates complex situations, brings them to a climactic head, and then introduces a tiny change in perspective that forces you to reevaluate everything you’d ever thought about everything and suddenly everything is resolved. The definition of [...]
Let’s finish up Level E, then we’ll be halfway to the glorious future of Spring Season. And with Madoka stalled indefinitely, we just have to make it through the rest of Kore Zombie and then write three series conclusion posts! All in the next couple days. Well, no one said the life of an anime [...]
Two more episodes of Level E to go. I imagine this is the final arc. I hope it is, because the single episode arcs in Level E have not really wowed me. Let’s also hope that they bring in some original damn characters – if this arc turns out to be a callback to the [...]
So that’s one vote for finish up and one vote for immediately start Spring. The one vote for moving to Spring seems to have a valid reason, though, and the one vote for finishing up seems to be hating on Spring for no good reason? I’m hype about Spring. On the other hand, it is [...]
Ok, while we wait for the exciting conclusion to Fractale to be subbed, let’s shift gears to Level E, which is coming off a really awful episode. We’re starting a new arc, though, so let’s forget all of that nonsense and begin episode 10 of Level E! …thirty minutes pass…
